Outokumpu stainless steel secures public transportation in Stockholm for the
future

OUTOKUMPU OYJ
PRESS RELEASE
February 6, 2017 at 10 am EET


Outokumpu delivers 600 tonnes of Forta LDX2404 stainless steel for renovating
the Söderströmsbron in Stockholm, Sweden. The bridge complex, connecting
Stockholm Old town to the Södermalm district, consists of four railway bridges
that need to be renovated. The 174-meter long bridges, built originally of
carbon steel in 1957, are critical for the city’s subway traffic: daily over
330,000 trips are made via the bridge. 

The bridge is now being repaired for safer travel and higher traffic volumes in
the future. Old bridge beams underneath the rails are being replaced by a
stainless steel structure within a timeline of two years in 2017–2018. The
tracks make it possible for the subway trains to change to other tracks between
the red and green lines in central Stockholm. 

The Stockholm County Council chose stainless steel due to the material’s unique
characteristics. Rapidly growing cities need solid infrastructure to manage the
increasing population and stainless steel offers a good solution as it
minimizes the need for disruptive maintenance work. Thanks to the material’s
innate qualities also corrosion problems, which are typical for heavily used
bridges such as the Söderströmsbron which crosses Lake Mälaren, are avoided
altogether. 

“Choosing stainless steel will pay for itself within 30 years when anticipating
the repainting of the carbon steel beams. This is very positive from the
environmental perspective and a clear value added to the customer. Outokumpu
has long experience in supplying long-lasting and cost effective bridges that
have a considerably longer life cycle than that of a traditional carbon steel
construction,” says Mladen Perkovic, Head of Outokumpu Plate Service Center in
Degerfors, Sweden. 

Outokumpu delivers ready-made beam trusses to the renovation project, welded to
finished beams from its production unit in Degerfors, Sweden. Outokumpu’s
partner Stål & Rörmontage AB then fabricates the final bridge components and
installs them onsite. 

For more information:

Corporate Communications, tel. +49 173 6629465

Outokumpu Group



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